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Ireland vs Philippines
How Ireland and Philippines compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Ireland was higher: 82.4 years against 69.8 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Ireland was higher: $104,400 against $4,066
- Population · In 2023, Philippines was higher: 115 million people against 5.2 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Philippines was higher: 1.3% of GDP against 0.22% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Ireland was higher: 6.04 tonnes against 1.5 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyIreland: 82.4 years in 2023Philippines: 69.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIreland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Philippines: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIreland: 2.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Philippines: 20.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIreland: 96% in 2022Philippines: 47.9% in 2022
- DepressionIreland: 4.25% in 2017Philippines: 2.77% in 2017
- Suicide rateIreland: 8.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Philippines: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIreland: 5.2 million people in 2023Philippines: 115 million people in 2023
- Population growthIreland: 1.19% a year in 2023Philippines: 0.84% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIreland: 1.6 births per woman in 2023Philippines: 1.92 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIreland: 64.6% in 2025Philippines: 55.8% in 2025
- Median ageIreland: 38.4 years in 2023Philippines: 25.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIreland: 15.5% in 2023Philippines: 5.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateIreland: 8.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Philippines: -1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIreland: 0.22% of GDP in 2025Philippines: 1.3% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIreland: $1.46B in 2025Philippines: $6.3B in 2025
- Military spending per personIreland: $272 in 2025Philippines: $55 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIreland: 0.9% of government spending in 2025Philippines: 5.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIreland: 9,000 people in 2020Philippines: 157,000 people in 2020
- National powerIreland: 0.05% of world capability in 2022Philippines: 0.68% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIreland: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020Philippines: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIreland: 14 million TIV in 2025Philippines: 846 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsIreland: 24 million TIV in 2025Philippines: 4 million TIV in 2007
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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